Exercise, Recovery & Stemenhance®

E X E R C I S E , R E C O V E R Y & S T E M E N H A N C E®
As an exercise physiologist and a physician, I can tell you that exercise is essential to optimal health.

In a non-athlete, the key to sustaining optimal health is to balance the breakdown of the body with the renewal of the body. As you all know, this is where the natural renewal system of our own adult stem cells comes into play and how StemEnhance supports this natural system.

In an athlete, however, this issue of balance is more complicated. For people who are working to improve their performance in a sport or if they are working toward competition — even amateur competitions — the situation is different. These people are considered athletes. For athletes, it is not enough merely to sustain the body’s health; an athlete’s body also needs extra support for recovery.

Both “weekend athletes” and reformed “couch potatoes” are doing what is — by all accounts — good for you. Nevertheless, most every one of these people has experienced muscle soreness after exercise or sport. In medical terms, this discomfort is called “delayed onset muscle soreness” (DOMS), and is thought to be a result of microscopic tearing of the muscle fibers. The amount of tearing (and soreness) depends on how hard and how long a person exercises and what type of exercise he or she does. Any movement you are not used to can lead to DOMS. In addition to small muscle tears, there can be associated swelling in a muscle, which may contribute to soreness.

The weekend athlete limps in on Monday morning because of these microscopic tears that cause loss of muscle strength, flexibility and power. As the body repairs these microscopic tears, we become stronger. This is recovery. How quickly and how effectively an athlete’s body can recover affects his/ her ability to train without getting injured.

This is where StemEnhance becomes so valuable for everyone who is exercising to any level. We know that by supporting the body’s natural renewal system, we will support this natural process of recovery from exercise to build strength and stamina. n n